The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-05-14
POULTRY SUGGESTIONS,
Points to BE Considered by Purchasers
Fancy Fowls and Eggs,

| IL you contemplate buying eggs Or
birds first find out, if you can, who has
what you want, the best of the kind you
propose to purchase, send what money
you wish to invest and ask the seller to
give what he can afford to of good
quality even if a small quantity. If you
order fowls don't copy the description
from books, and then add that you will
not pay fancy price. If you send
feathers to show the average color of
your pullets don't pluck them from
hen or send a feather from one section
of bird and claim it came from an
other, because most breeders, especially
the older ones are expert enough to
know the probabilities in the case.
Don't expect every man to tell you he
has the best on earth, because that de-
scription has been copyrighted, and the
copyright is held by only few and s
their capital on which they do bust
ness. Don't take too much stock
in the man who says nobody else has
any good birds; the chances are, two to
one, such fellow will sneak around to
get some one else to buy some birds for
him from the same stock he is CRYING
down, because he knows it is better
than his own. When you find two or
three trying to injure one, bet your
bottom dollar it is like the man who
is industrious and frugal, and finally
gets into business on his own account,
'aves his money, gets comfortable
home, and takes his family to ride &C.
casionally after he can afford it, and
then his former associates meet in some
saloon and pass resolutions that capital
is opposing labor and he must be '.boy-
cotted."
Some will ridicule him because he
was poor once, more blame him because
he is rich now, others because he is an
enterprising man and successful, but
remember it is always the under cat
that has the advantage in fight. Men
who study to pull down the fame of
others are men of appetite rather tn an
intellect, their brains would have as
much room in peanut shell as frog
would in the Atlantic ocean. If one is
more anxious to use policy instead of
principle, tits good policy to be decent,
to be fair, honest and generous. If asked
about the stock of another, who has
your kind of fowls, speak well of them
if you possibly can without lying, but
be careful about speaking ill of them
under any circumstances. 1t is better
to give dog the road than to be bitten
by him; to kill the dog will not cure the
bite
Whether you buy birds or eggs do.
not expect every chick you raise will be
better than you ever saw, no matter
whose stock you get, but you have n
right to expect they will average as
good as the same number raised by the
party from whom you get the eggs, if
he promises to send them from his best
birds.
1t is a good plan to get eggs from
different breeders; that is the surest
way to find out who has what will best
please you. After you decide which you
like best, breed that mans stock only,
without mixing with any other; when
you need a new bird send to him for it;
if you are a beginner he will know
better when and how to introduce out
side blood; in that way you can keep
along with him and when you under
stand mating your birds you can have
as good as the party from whom you
get your stock. Don't attempt to keep
many kinds; it is more honor to excel
with one variety than to have only
ordinary birds of several varieties. and
pays better, too, especially if the salts.
faction of having few choice speci-
mems is worth anything to you. --Ameri-
can Poultry Journal
Frank Cooper, of Norristown, Pa,
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